[cmucl-help] ext:unix-namestring issue

[GP lisper]

> From: "Jared C. Davis" <jared at cs.utexas.edu>
> Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 21:36:34 -0500
> 
> I do not know what the function should do.  However, I think it is
> very strange that it:
> 
>   - Returns non-NIL for some non-existent files like "hello.txt", but

a missing file

>   - Returns NIL for other non-existent files like "oops/hello.txt"

Ah, that's not a non-existant file.  There is a directory missing.

This is jogging a memory that the function just validates the path.

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